1946 Windsor–Tecumseh tornado
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F4 tornado | |
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on the La Salle, Ontario, Tecumseh, Ontario and surrounding areas | |
Part of the tornado outbreaks of 1946 |
On June 17, 1946, the most powerful
Path of destruction
The tornado took a northeastward path, cutting through farmland and forest, an area with few housing subdivisions (at the time, but still many homes), and narrowly missing
The storm's path was roughly 30 metres (100 ft) wide, and followed Turkey Creek for much of its length after crossing the Detroit River, and travelled 60 km. The storm's damage ranged from F3–F4,[3] to some “marginal” F5 damage from completely destroyed houses that were lifted off their foundations.[4]
Since the tornado had cut power to The
The tornado knocked out power to most of the city for about a day, and damaged or destroyed roughly 400 homes in Windsor.
Radio reports
Although
Aftermath
After the tornado, civility and order were quickly restored by the police.[
It was also just half a mile from the same spot the Windsor Tornado of 1974 touched down.
17 people died as a result of the tornado, including Waldo Beaman, his brother Milo Beaman, Waldo's new bride Sylvia Hillier-Beaman and their unborn child Oakley Beaman who doctors tried but failed to save.
See also
- Tornadoes of 1946
- List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
- List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
- List of Canadian tornadoes
- List of tornadoes striking downtown areas
References
- ^ Historical Tornado-Related Events – Atmospheric Hazards Web Site – Ontario – Adaptation and Impacts Research Group – [Meteorological Service of Canada – The Green Lane] Archived 2010-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 1688 to 1923: Geloso, Vincent, A Price Index for Canada, 1688 to 1850 (December 6, 2016). Afterwards, Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada tables 18-10-0005-01 (formerly CANSIM 326-0021) "Consumer Price Index, annual average, not seasonally adjusted". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021. and table 18-10-0004-13 "Consumer Price Index by product group, monthly, percentage change, not seasonally adjusted, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ISBN 1-879362-03-1.
- ^ "Windsor Tornado - June 17, 1946". Archived from the original on 2003-01-11.
- ^ "CBC Archives".
- ^ "CBC Archives".
- ^ "The Windsor Daily Star - Google News Archive Search".